Chicago

One of my best friends, Stephanie came to visit me for the weekend from Minneapolis. She flew in for my 40th birthday celebration. Another friend of mine, Katie, went with us to downtown Chicago for a fun girls weekend. We woke up on Saturday morning to 6 inches of fresh snow but that didn't deter us. We took the train into the city and cabbed it over to our hotel. We were able to check right in and spent some time in our room relaxing, visiting and having a toast!

We went to Elephant and Castle Pub for lunch. We spent all afternoon there - eating, drinking, visiting with some people from the city and just having a great time. After strolling down Michigan Ave to do some window shopping (and even try on some fur coats), we got back to the hotel room. Thanks to Dallas' status at the Wyndham, we had cheese, crackers and a bottle of wine waiting for us.

We relaxed, went in the hottub and got ready to go out for dinner. We went to Bandera which was excellent. It was after midnight before we even made it back to the hotel.

Thank you so much to Stephanie for traveling so far and to Katie who left her duties as a mom to make my birthday so special! Love you both!

Cathi